This body of work emerged during a period when Davidson was unable to access the studio. Sifting through accumulated photographic material, he began cutting into his archive as a way of reactivating existing images. Fragments were layered and reassembled to create shifting relationships between foreground and background. Bands of colour and gradients create a spatial ambiguity within the image plane, where surface and depth continually fluctuate. Operating between landscape and abstraction, the works invite prolonged viewing and encourage a slower, more contemplative mode of attention.
At the centre of the gallery sits a sculptural work comprising fourteen Tibetan singing bowls arranged in a unified form. Traditionally associated with resonance and meditation, the bowls function less as an instrument and more as a symbolic object that evokes stillness, ritual and attentiveness.
Through an engagement with colour, rhythm and sensory experience, A Picture of Health reflects Davidson’s ongoing interest in the relationship between external environments and inner states of being.